Keep in mind that television, magazines, movies, and even newspapers rarely show images of average-shaped bodies.

‎"As Oedipus learned, the more you run away from what is predetermined the more you run toward it.

Needing someone doesn't make you weak, it makes you feel. And feeling is how you know you're alive.

Perfume is magic. It's mystery. We recreate the smell of a flower. Of wood. Of grass. We capture the essence of life. Liquefy it. We store memories. We make dreams.

What we do is a wonder, an art, and we have a responsibility to do it well.

There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace.

The secret, which is not so secret after all, is that the people who we love live on in our hearts, in the beat of our blood.